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Chapter 8
*~Secrets in Secrets Out~*
Sailor Moon ran down the hall in pursuit of the invisible footsteps. She turned a corner and heard a door slam to the left of her, 'You're trapped now' she thought to herself. She looked around and thought it best to detransform before anybody walked by and found her. "Revenio" she whispered as Sailor Moon disappeared and Serena took her place. Serena took a deep breath then slowly turned the knob and walked into the room.
Serena looked around, but couldn't see anything through the darkness. 'Where's a light switch when you need one?' "Lumos" she said quietly as her wand began to light the room. She looked around, but still nothing, not even a sound. 'No' she thought, 'I know he went in here. He won't get away with imitating my Mamoru. I will not be mocked.'
Light filled the room as the door was opened. Serena turned quickly with fear that her prey had run out, but was met by a figure in the doorway. "Ron!" she gasped out loud as the sight of the red headed boy almost gave her a heart attack.
Ron walked silently into the room and shut the door. "I think we need to talk" he said to her as he quickly muttered a spell to light the lamp on the wall.
'Not again' she thought worriedly, 'What is he going to say this time?' It was then that Serena noticed that Ron was not wearing his usual distrustful scowl; instead he was smiling, ever so slightly, at her. "So how'd you find me?" She asked smoothly with a sly grin upon her face, "Nox" she added making the light her wand was giving off extinguish. Ron replied to Serena's grin with one of his own as he held up a piece of parchment that she knew to be the Marauders Map. "Cheater" she laughed at him and he too began to laugh back. "How are Hermione and Cho?"
"They're fine" he replied quietly. "Listen, about what happened back there" Ron began nervously, "Look, I…I wasn't sure. I mean with all the weird things going on with you-know-who at large again, all the people turning into monsters or whatever you call them, and you being a Sorceress and all; I didn't know what to do. But back there when you pushed Harry out of the way and took on all those different curses, even an unforgivable, I realized that…Well I just wanted to say…um" he continued as he stared towards the ground.
Serena gently smiled at him as she interrupted, "Ron don't. Its okay, I understand. You're Harry's best friend and with all the weird things that have happened to him you had every right to be suspicious of me. I just hope now that we have an understanding of each other."
Ron slowly nodded, "But ya know, you should really be more careful cuz you practically gave yourself away to me."
"What?" Serena asked with a curious look.
"Well, I saw you detransform on the Quidditch field, but for a while I just thought my eyes had been playing tricks on me since I had just hit my head. But then some of the things you said and did just kind of confirmed what I saw. I just didn't know what to do about it, but you were right I shouldn't be trying to play hero cuz I guess that's your job" he added with a smile.
Serena laughed at his comment as she silently scolded herself for being so brainless and promised that it wouldn't happen again. "Well Ron, now that you know you must promise you won't tell anyone; not Hermione, not your family, and especially not Harry."
"But wouldn't it be easier if you told him? Why keep it a secret? Maybe people will trust you more."
"Ron, nobody trusts me now, and it would only make it worse if they knew who I really was. Plus I can't have the enemy find out who I am" she said forcefully, "Things are a lot more complicated then they seem; I'm not even sure why I'm really here. You just have to trust me Ron, so promise me you will not tell ANYONE."
Ron stared at her for a moment trying to decide what to say. When he came to a conclusion he looked back up at her, "I promise" he said sincerely.
Serena sighed in relief, 'Maybe it'll be a little easier to have someone else know' she thought to herself.
"But how do you have all this power? When did you get it? Why have you not shown up before?" Ron began to question
Serena sighed and held up a hand to stop Ron's questions, "Long story short, I obtained these powers shortly after the beginning of this school year." 'In this lifetime' she thought to herself. "But that's all I can tell you at the moment. That last fight took a lot out of me, and using those spells really drains my energy, so I think we should go back to the common room so I can rest for a while." Serena slowly began to walk towards Ron when her legs gave out from underneath her. Ron, using his Quidditch Keeper instincts, quickly caught her before she hit the ground. "Thanks" she replied painfully.
"Geez Serena, maybe you should go to the hospital wing" Ron commented worriedly.
"No, I'll be fine" she said as she held her side tenderly, "I heal pretty quickly. Just a few broken ribs." It was then that Serena's eye caught something beyond Ron's shoulder. The door to the room was slowly beginning to open. Serena had completely forgotten the reason she had run into the room in the first place. She quickly pointed her wand towards the door and muttered a quiet Stupefy under her breath so as not to let Ron hear. The spell flew out of her wand and struck something before it hit the door. There was a loud THUMP as whatever it was hit the ground.
"What was that?" Ron asked as he looked around the room for the source of the noise.
"I don't know. Probably Peeves below us or something" Serena lied, "We better get going." Serena quickly walked to the door before Ron and swiftly kicked the air in front of it, then opened the door all the way. Ron eyed her curiously and then walked through the door.
"Weasley! What were you doing in there?"
Ron turned only to come face to face with Prof Snape. "I um…well I was just practicing some spells" Ron muttered.
Snape looked past Ron and saw Serena in the doorway still looking rather winded. Snape's lips curved into a malevolent smile, "Yes I'm sure that's exactly what you two were doing" he sardonically remarked.
Ron looked at Prof Snape, then turned to Serena, and then back to Snape before it hit him and he began to blush a color a few shades darker than his hair. Serena on the other hand was completely bewildered by the statement.
Snape's smirk quickly faded back into a scowl, "Weasley, we've been searching everywhere for you. The Minister demands to see you right away. You'll just have to finish your little 'study session' later." Ron turned a deeper shade of red as he quietly followed Snape down the hall. Serena, still a little lost at what had just happened, suddenly remembered what was still in the room. She promptly turned around and went back in shutting the door behind her.
Serena began to feel around the room until she soon came upon the invisible imposter, 'An invisibility cloak how ingenious.' Anger filled her eyes once more; 'Now they will pay' she thought as she grabbed hold of the invisible material and yanked it off. She stared down at the unconscious man who was wearing black robes adorned with the same crest that was upon her Senshi outfit. His face was covered by a white mask and his jet black hair was slightly messy.
"Mamoru?" Serena called out as she rushed to his side. She reached for the mask, but stopped as her eyes were drawn above it to the lighting bolt scar on his forehead. Serena backed away shocked. "It can't be" she whispered, "Harry? What is he doing?" Serena knelt back down next to the masked boy. Gently she pointed her wand towards him and muttered "Enervate."
Harry began to stir, and just as he opened his eyes the black robes dissolved into his school ones, and the mask was replaced with his glasses. He slowly sat up and put a hand to his forehead to calm his pounding headache. He looked around and spotted Serena sitting by him giving him a strange look. "Uhhh, Serena what's going on?" he asked groggily, "What happened with the fight? Are Hermione and Cho alright?" he questioned with a little more worry.
"They're fine" Serena replied with a calm tone, "Harry, do you know how you got here?" she asked curiously.
"Actually I was hoping you could tell me" he responded, "Where are we anyway?"
"Just an empty classroom. Do you remember anything? Because I just found you here on the floor."
Harry thought hard, "I remember being attacked and then Sailor Moon coming again then she told me to get out of there, and then my scar started to burn again so I left. The next thing I know I wake up here."
Serena looked lost and disappointed, 'What is going on?' she thought. "Well we better get you back to Gryffindor tower before they form a search party." Harry nodded and as he stood up he groaned in pain and clutched his stomach. "Are you ok?" Serena asked.
"I think so. It just feels like I was kicked really hard in the stomach."
Serena turned away slightly embarrassed, "Huh, ya don't say" she responded as she briskly walked out of the room while Harry followed.
Harry and Serena sat in the common room in silence as they pondered the day's events while both were pretending to write their potions essay. Harry could still not remember how he had come to be in the empty classroom, and it bothered him because it seemed to be happening a lot lately. It seemed that every time that he was attacked he wound up unconscious somewhere, and every time Sailor Moon would show up his scar would burn. Plus on top of all that, his quills were disappearing like mad.
'Maybe I should take Hermione's advice and be more careful about where I go alone' he thought to himself, but then again it wasn't all bad. Sure he hated being attacked and always felt bad for his friends that were doing the attacking, but he knew that 'she' would always come. He didn't know how she got there or why, and frankly he didn't really care. Harry only wished that they could have a moment to speak instead of her always rushing off to fight the youma and then disappearing.
He smiled to himself as he thought of her, and his face began to flush. He had never felt like this before, sure he had always felt a little excited and nervous around Cho, but it wasn't anything like what he felt around her. Harry maintained a slight smile on his lips as he began to scribble words onto his parchment.
Serena looked over to Harry who was smiling happily as he wrote his essay. 'Oh Harry if you only knew half of what was really going on you probably wouldn't be so happy. I'll try my best to keep it that way.' She searched through a few more pages of her potions book, 'Maybe if I knew half of what was going on I could be a little more helpful.' Serena was completely baffled by what she had found out earlier and was still devising what to do about it.
'I just don't understand' she thought to herself, 'I thought I was supposed to be protecting him.' She stared at her wand for a moment and then it hit her, 'Of course, I need a guardian' she thought irritably, 'Never have I been trusted to fight on my own. The Senshi were always there, and even if he wasn't aware of it Mamoru was usually there to back me up, so why should it be different now. Of course it would have to be Harry, just to make my life SO much easier, since we are 'linked' so he can probably tell when I transform,' she thought as she grew even angrier, 'I don't need a protector!' She now had her hand clasped tightly around her wand as it began to shake with rage.
"Serena, you alright?" Harry asked slightly concerned.
Serena was stirred out of her thought and put down her wand. "Yeah" she responded somewhat shaken, "Just a little upset over this essay."
"Yeah, me too. It's ridiculous" Harry then went back to his writing.
Serena gently smiled over at Harry, 'He can't be fighting with me; it's too dangerous' she thought as she began to calm down, 'I guess I just have to prove that I don't need any help.'
Just then Ron strolled through the portrait hole and sat down next to them. "Where've you been Ron?" Harry asked.
"Just had a long conversation with Fudge" He replied with a smirk.
"What for?" Harry wondered.
"Well first he started questioning me about Sailor Moon, thinking I was in cahoots with her or something cuz I helped her out when she was stunned. He kept pushing me for answers, I swear he was about to use an unforgivable on me, so finally I had to tell him what I knew."
Serena's eyes went wide as she looked from Ron to the portrait hole almost expecting a mob of Aurors to burst through and take her away.
Harry was becoming more and more confused, "What did you tell him Ron?"
"I told him the truth" Ron began bluntly, "I know nothing and that I only helped her because you were in trouble" he finished as Serena relaxed and shot him a that-wasn't-funny look.
"So you've changed your mind about her then? But I thought you said she was evil and twisted and that she was only out to get me" Harry said mockingly.
Serena shot Ron a fierce glare. "Yeah" Ron laughed nervously, "Well I don't think I said it quite like that, and I haven't completely changed my mind about her" he added with a quick grin towards Serena. She stuck her tongue back at the red haired boy, and then resumed writing her paper. Ron silently laughed at her, and then began writing his own.
Later at the Halloween feast, everyone's conversation was mostly on Sailor Moon and what had happened earlier. Malfoy was especially talkative at the Slytherin table stating that it was only a matter of time until she joined forces with the Dark Lord. Harry, Ron, and Serena, Hermione still lay in the infirmary, sat together and discussed something else. Their conversation was interrupted when Harry felt a soft tap on his shoulder. He spun around to see who had tapped him and came face to face with Cho who looked a little nervous.
"Umm, hi Harry" she said quietly.
"Hi" was all he could say back.
"I just wanted to apologize for what happened earlier today, and I hope you know that I wasn't in control of anything I was saying or doing" Cho added a little embarrassed.
Harry nodded in understanding, "Its ok. I know you were being possessed and couldn't control yourself."
"I mean I would never do anything like that on my own" she interrupted, "I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea because I hope you understand that I'm with someone else now right? And …"
Harry decided to cut her off, "Really Cho its ok, besides there's kind of someone else" he muttered. Serena and Ron turned to each other confused, but just shrugged and then turned back to Harry and Cho.
"Oh" Cho replied somewhat shocked, "Well now that that's cleared up I'll let you get back to dinner" she said awkwardly as she turned to leave.
"Cho wait!" Ron yelled to her, "Has Hermione been let out of the infirmary yet?" he asked concerned.
"Uhh, no" she responded, "she was still asleep when I left, but they expect her to wake up soon."
"Oh, thanks" Ron said a little disappointed as Cho went back to her table. He then turned to Harry, "What did she do?" he whispered curiously.
Harry began to laugh a little, "She attacked me in the hall, and I don't mean with her wand. I thought she was trying to swallow me" he finished as Ron also began to laugh. Serena couldn't help but feel a little jealous as she laughed with them.
Serena stood up from the table, "Well I have to get to the library before it's too late" she stated.
"YOU'RE going to the library?" Harry and Ron said in unison both equally shocked.
"Yes" she replied annoyed, "I have a big assignment I need to work on" she added as she gave a little wink to Ron. With that she swept out of the Great Hall and headed towards the library.
"Well shall we head back to the common room?" Harry asked Ron.
"Actually I have some stuff I need to do before I go" Ron answered as he stood up, "I'll see you up there later" he added as he walked out of the Great Hall leaving a confused Harry sitting by himself.
Later that night Harry awoke in his bed after only a few hours of sleep. He had once again had the strange dream and it was driving him crazy. The same thing had happened the previous year, and he was worried that maybe Voldemort was sending these dreams too. His mind then flashed back to the last youma encounter and what had happened a few moments before he blacked out:
The glow of the crystal upon Sailor Moon's staff began to brighten until it surrounded her. The girl's hair turned from pure silver to light gold, her black and silver robes were replaced with a long white dress trimmed with gold, and when her hands hit the floor to keep herself from collapsing from the pain, they could see that a golden crescent moon had now taken the place of her tiara.
'The white dress, the blonde hair, and the symbol on her forehead; it's the same as the girl in my dreams' Harry thought to himself, 'I was right; it is her. It has to be.' Harry decided to wake Ron and maybe get his advice but found his bed to be empty, so he searched for the Marauders map to try and locate Ron, but it was also nowhere to be found. Worried, Harry then grabbed something from his chest and ran out of the dormitories.
Serena walked aimlessly through the darkened hallways trying to find her way back to Gryffindor. She had researched spells in the library for hours until she somehow managed to fall asleep. When she came too everything was dark and she had somehow managed to slip underneath the table. She had been trying to find her way back, but instead she became hopelessly lost. Walking down a hallway that she was sure she had been down before; Serena decided to go through a door she had not yet tried.
As she peered in through the door she found herself in the hospital wing and couldn't have been happier since she now knew where she was. Serena turned to go back to the hall but stopped when her attention was drawn to a noise coming from the other side of the room. There lay Hermione still unconscious in her hospital bed and in the chair beside her sat a shadowy figure with red hair. Serena smiled at the touching scene before her and then quietly slipped out of the room before she was noticed and headed back to Gryffindor tower.
"Grindylow" Serena recited to the portrait of the fat lady, ignoring her complaints about how late it was. Serena, not at all tired from her nap in the library, sat in the common room and stared out at the night sky. The moon was extremely bright and very full; almost anyone would think it beautiful but not Serena. She stared at a large dark spot upon the moon's surface where she knew the palace of the Moon Kingdom once stood. She laughed to herself as she thought back to Astronomy and the irony of the name that it had been given; The Sea of Serenity.
Serena tensed as she felt another presence enter the room, so she looked about the room but found nor heard anything. She pulled out her wand and ducked down low; something told her she was not alone (*My Senshi sense is tingling ^_^*). Serena heard soft footsteps approaching the portrait hole, so she crept silently across the floor toward them, and with one swift, low kick she took whatever it was down with a loud 'THUD!'
A soft groan was heard from the floor as Serena stood up to see that nothing was there. "I thought you were going to be more careful about where you go alone" she said as she grabbed hold of Harry's invisibility cloak and ripped it off him.
"Serena, what the hell! I didn't even see you out here, what are you doing up?" Harry said somewhat shocked to find her there.
"Couldn't sleep, and you didn't answer my question" Serena stated as she loomed over him.
"I woke up and saw Ron wasn't in his bed, so I went to go find him, but you stopped me" Harry said as he tried painfully to get up.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, but you scared me. Your cloak may make you invisible, but you still walk pretty loud" Serena replied helping Harry up, "By the way, Ron's fine I just saw him head to the bathroom a little while ago." She hoped Ron would be back soon so she wouldn't have to cover for him long. "If you were so worried about Ron, why didn't you just use the Marauders Map to find him?" She continued.
Harry gave Serena an odd look, "How do you know about my map and my cloak?" He questioned.
"Uhhh" Serena thought hard; "Ron showed them to me" she lied.
"I see" Harry replied, "So he must have my map." Harry picked up his cloak and walked over to the couch and sat down. "So you can't sleep either huh?"
"Nope" she answered as she sat down next to him.
"Wow the moon sure is big tonight" Harry commented wanting to break the awkward silence that was now between them, "Incredible isn't it?"
"I can't stand it" Serena stated with hatred in her voice.
Harry looked at the blonde awkwardly, "Why can't you stand it?"
Serena turned her gaze off the moon. "Because it's just something in life that you can't get away from no matter how hard you try. No matter who or where you are or what you do it's always there. Even if you sometimes can't see it, you still know its there, and there's nothing you can do about it" Serena finished as her voice filled with a sense of despair.
Harry stared completely stunned at his friend for a moment, 'I think she's lost it' he thought to himself. "Serena what are you talking about? Yeah we can't escape from it, but who knows what would happen if we did; probably complete chaos. Some things are here for a reason, and whether we like them or not we need them. I mean even if we could get away from it would we really want to?" Serena looked back at him intrigued; he did have a point. Harry turned back to look out the window, and in the moonlight Serena was stunned by how much he actually resembled Mamoru. She quickly shook herself out of the thought as Harry continued, "I don't know about you, but I would be a little worried if the moon just disappeared out of the sky."
Serena lightly smiled at Harry, "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Harry turned to Serena and was astounded by how gorgeous she was in the twilight of the moon; it almost made her shimmer.
'Harry can be pretty smart when he wants to be' Serena thought to herself as her eyes wandered from his messy black hair to his deep green eyes. 'Whoa Serena' her mind told her, 'Don't get too caught up in the moment. Remember your mission is to protect him not fall for him, and plus you still have a prince out there somewhere' but she ignored the warnings as Harry smiled back at her and slowly leaned in closer. Serena softly shut her eyes and could feel his hot breath upon her lips as he came closer. Serena's heart raced as there lips were about to touch when…
'CRASH'
They were pulled apart by the loud sound to look at the source (*Aww so close*). Serena left Harry's side and walked to the base of the stairs to the boys dormitories, "Neville, what on earth are you doing? What happened?" she asked as she helped him off the floor.
"I woke up and saw that Ron and Harry were missing, so I wanted to make sure they hadn't snuck off again, and then I tripped down the stairs" Neville replied.
Just then Ron walked through the portrait hole and was a little shocked to be greeted by Harry, Serena, and Neville. "Ron where have you been?" Harry shouted.
Before Ron could answer, Serena cut in, "I told you Harry he went to the bathroom."
"Uhh yeah" Ron confirmed, "What are you guys doing up?"
"Neville was just worried, and Harry and I couldn't sleep, but we were just about to go back to bed" Serena answered for them.
Harry gave her a small, questionable, and somewhat hurt look, but she returned it with a light smile. Harry sighed and nodded back at her. "Goodnight guys" he muttered as he gave one last look to Serena then climbed the stairs to his room with Neville behind.
"Thanks for covering for me" Ron whispered to Serena after they disappeared through the door.
"Hey you keep my secret and I'll keep yours" Serena replied with a slight hint of mischief in her voice.
"What secret? I have no secrets" Ron said defensively as he also began to head up to bed.
"Ok" Serena shrugged, "Get some sleep Ron; there's no need to worry. She'll wake up soon." Ron quickly spun around and gave Serena a questioning look. She shot Ron a sly smirk and giggled a little as she gave him a big wink before heading off to bed.
Sure enough Hermione was up and about the next morning. She ignored all of the questions thrown at her by her fellow classmates and immediately rushed off to the library. "Well at least we know she's back to normal" Ron mentioned to Harry and Serena when Hermione shrugged them off.
Later that night the four studied together in the common room while Hermione was immersed in her books she had checked out from the library. Serena and Harry studied in silence since they had not yet spoken to each other of what had 'almost' happened the night before. Ron leaned over Hermione's shoulder to see what she was studying so thoroughly. "Hermione, why are you reading that book again? Were done studying the Silver Millennium" he told her.
"I know" Hermione replied without taking her eyes off the book, "I just wanted to look up a few more things. It's really rather interesting."
"Uh huh" Ron said skeptically.
"No, really" Hermione continued, "This book says that it was the Lunarians that taught us the Patronus charm when they still had an alliance with Wizards. You see Dementors use nothing but dark magic where as Lunar magic is pure light, so Dementors were no match compared to them. I guess that would make sense why the Patronus spell is so hard to cast since it's actually Lunar magic instead of regular Wizardry."
'Hmm makes sense' Serena thought as she listened. She had never had a problem casting a Patronus ever since they learned it in their third year from Prof Lupin.
"Also" Hermione went on, "It's rumored that when the Wizards attacked, before the Lunarians disappeared, they left us with the curse of the Werewolf."
"Hermione, don't tell me you actually believe in this whole moon people legend?" Ron asked a little irritated.
"Actually Ron, I do" she stated proudly, "And to be truthful, I started looking this up again because of Sailor Moon." The three looked at their bushy haired friend curiously. "When I was hit with her spell" she continued, "It was very warm and relaxing, a lot different than any other spell that has been cast on me, and it actually felt like I was hit with a huge burst of light. Plus look at her name 'Sailor MOON' it's kind of a dead giveaway; not to mention the hair."
"So you think she's Lunarian?" Harry questioned as he looked through one of Hermione's books.
Ron shot Serena an inquisitive look "Is that true?" he mouthed to her.
"Thank you Hermione" Serena mumbled to herself as she waved off Ron's question. "Later" she mouthed back.
Harry flipped through the book to the picture of Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion. "Do all Lunarians have that?" He questioned pointing to the symbol upon the princess's forehead.
Hermione smiled as she was once again being given the opportunity to show her vast knowledge. "The Crescent Moon insignia" she stated matter-of-factly, "Only Lunarians of royal birth carry that mark."
"Royal birth huh?" Harry said quietly as a mysterious smile spread across his lips.
Ron too began to smile as a fun little game popped into his head. "So you're telling me that not only is this girl a silver haired Sorceress that somehow always knows where Harry is and if he's in trouble, but now she's one of these "Moon People" whose race disappeared thousands of years ago. She sounds like more of a freak everyday" he finished with a quick smirk in Serena's direction.
Serena just laughed. "Yeah definitely creepy" she added then her voice became very low as moved in closer to them, "I bet she's somewhere in this room right now spying on us" she whispered as seriously as she could while Ron was doing his best not to crack up.
Harry became very angry at these remarks. "So what if she is. She's only trying to help" Harry said defensibly, "Of course what would you guys know of being different. Have you ever had anyone call you weird or crazy when you're just trying to do the right thing? No, none of you have" Harry was standing now, "None of you have fought battle after battle of evil alone, and then still have the whole world against you. So don't talk about her like that because none of you have been through any of it, but I have and believe me it's not fun" he finished angrily.
Hermione and Ron both looked down too terrified to talk back to their friend, but Serena was beside herself. "Oh come off it Harry" she howled back at him, "Ron and I were just joking." The other three looked back at her with shock by her tone of voice. "We all understand that you've been through a lot, but you haven't done it all alone, and it's unfair to your friends to say that you have. Not to be rude or anything Harry, but a little humility wouldn't hurt" she concluded calming down a little, "Geez no wonder the Sorting Hat wanted to put you in Slytherin" she added before she realized what she was saying.
Hermione and Ron just looked at each other confused while Harry spun around and glared at Serena wrathfully. "What did you just say?" He questioned as his voice shook with tension.
Serena looked like a deer caught in the headlights as her mind went blank, 'Oops.'
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Ha! Sorry guys but I couldn't resist leaving it there it was just too tempting. Hmm and I was planning to make this a short chapter, but I guess it's just not possible for me to do that. Oh well, it's a reward for having to wait so long. By the end I'll probably be writing about 10,000 words a chapter.
So Harry is our invisible crusader, congrats to those who guessed it right, the question now is when will he figure that out?
Anyway, I'm not sure when I'll have the next chap out cuz next week's spring break and then after that I have a big 10 page research paper to do, but I'll get it out as soon as I have the time to write it.
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